Talking Pyramids

Before the invention of fancy 3D animated movies like Avatar there was stereo photography which also required a pair of special glasses to experience the 3D effect. Here, the two parts of the stereoscopic image are combined to form a ‘wiggle view’ by switching back and forth between the left and right eye’s view of [...]

Egyptologist Bob Brier is to teach a course entitled “Ancient Egyptian Architecture” at the University of Louisville. The course will cover architectural aspects of the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Apparently enrollment for the course has already exceeded the maximum number of students that was scheduled for the course. I wonder if he’ll be [...]

Here is another stereoscopic photograph taken in 1931 of the Graf Zeppelin’s rendezvous with the eternal desert and the pyramids of Giza. It was taken from the top of the Great pyramid and shows the zeppelin above the pyramid of Khafre. You can put your special stereoscope back in your pocket, you wont be needing [...]

Keeping with the old photos theme I thought I’d post a photo of the Great Pyramid from 1904. The Great Pyramid of Giza, taken from the south-east. Stereoscopic photographs were very popular at the turn of last century. They were made simply by taking a second photograph beside the first in order to present each [...]

Last week we saw a photograph taken from inside the tunnel that is used today to enter the pyramid. This week we have an old photo of the original entrance. The Original Entrance. Boston Public Library CC BY 2.0 This original entrance is not used to enter the pyramid by the thousands of tourists that [...]

While on the topic of tunnels I thought it an appropriate opportunity to slip in this photo. Inside the tunnel made by Caliph Mamun. Photo by Andrew Currie CC BY 2.0 It was taken from inside the tunnel that was created by Caliph Mamun when he burrowed into the Great pyramid in search of treasure [...]

More controversy has arisen over findings of a recent study that determined construction of the Great pyramid commenced on the 23rd of August 2470 BC: “This study is inaccurate,” said Hawass, general secretary of the Superior Council of Antiquities. “There is no clear text from the ancient history [that states] when the Great Pyramid was [...]